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29 Cate Blanchett Quotes and Sayings Score
You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic 77
I live my life parallel with my work¸ and they are both equally important 73
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career 71
It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me¸ it's a natural thing 70
I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I like to see and am drawn to images that have an intelligence and mind at work behind them 64
I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me 64
You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people¸ you know¸ so it's not a concern of mine 64
If you know you are going to fail¸ then fail gloriously 63
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them 63
He cast me on instinct¸ not with any concern to box office¸ so I thank him eternally 58
I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory 57
I had never done anything with blue screen before¸ or prosthetics¸ or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But¸ to be honest¸ I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head 56
If I had my way¸ if I was lucky enough¸ if I could be on the brink my entire life¸ that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment¸ that would be the perfect state 56
Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it 55
Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel¸ you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind¸ how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them? 52
I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now? 51
When you play someone as terrifyingly well-known as Katharine Hepburn¸ it's a team effort 50
A writer never reads his work. For him¸ it is the unreadable¸ a secret¸ and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret¸ because he is separated from it 49
I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy 48
You know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary¸ actually 48
Everything in our favour was against us 47
When we were in England last week¸ people were making parallels between Elizabeth's situation with Elizabethan paparazzi¸ I guess¸ and Diana. And now we're in the States¸ where people are talking about Clinton¸ how his personal life is up for grabs rather then his political platforms¸ which is kind of I guess a similar situation that Elizabeth found herself in 47
I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre 46
Thank you to Martin Scorsese - I hope my son will marry your daughter 45
Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud 44
I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction 42
Look¸ it's one of the great mysteries of the world¸ I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank¸ I don't know 41
I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset 39
That's absolutely what Tracy comes to incorporate into her sense of self 35